5. Preparatory studies are used as a basis for a design and conclusions or recommendations related to the carrying out of the project when, in the owner’s opinion, the project requires such study.
They consist of research, exploration, surveys, detailed programs, measurement of the area of land involved in a program, analysis of conditions of possible solutions, economic studies and studies of development costs and surveys of existing works.
O.C. 2402-84, s. 5; O.C. 196-2023.